Where does “guillotine shears” come from?
guillotine shears (English) comes from English guillotine, from French guillotine, from French Guillotin, from French Guillot, from French Guillaume, from Old French Guillaume, from Frankish Willahelm, from Proto-Germanic Wiljahelmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
guillotine shears (English): A heavy-duty machine for cutting thick materials with a straight, downward blade motion for high precision
Definitions
- A heavy-duty machine for cutting thick materials with a straight, downward blade motion for high precision
Ancestry of “guillotine shears”, step by step
guillotine shears traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guillotine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guillotine | A machine used for the application of capital... |
| 2 | French | guillotine | guillotine; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | Guillotin | Guillotin |
| 4 | French | Guillot | — |
| 5 | French | Guillaume | William |
| 6 | Old French | Guillaume | — |
| 7 | Frankish | Willahelm | William |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | Wiljahelmaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via English shears
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shears | plural of shear; A tool consisting of two blades... |
| 2 | English | shear | To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed... |
| 3 | Middle English | schyre | Alternative form of shire; bright, shimmering,... |
| 4 | Old English | sċīr | bright; shire; county |
| 5 | Old English | burna | stream |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | brunnō | well, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | brunnô | source; wellspring; fountain; brook; stream;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰréh₁wr̥ | well, spring, source |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |